Brenda Martin Bump Rosen - Lorenzo's partner Danny Martin – Brother to Brenda Martin. Officer with the Gannon Police Department. Billy Williams – Brenda's boyfriend Felicia Mitchell – Billy's girlfriend. Runs the Study Club. Major themes "...it is essentially the story about race, perception and, as Price himself puts it when forced, 'How people dehumanize each other.' " Allusions/references to other works The setting of Dempsey and Gannon were seen in Price's novel Clockers. Awards and nominations Freedomland hit bestseller lists from coast to coast, including those of the Boston Globe, USA Today and Los Angeles Times; garnered universally rave reviews; and was selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the Imus American Book Award and as a New York Times Notable Book. Adaptation Freedomland was turned into a major motion picture and released in 2006. Release details 1998, U.S., Broadway Books, , Pub date 1 June 1998, Hardcover 2005, U.S., Delta, , Pub date 29 November 2005, Paperback References External links Review by New York Times (registration required) Review by BookPage.com 1998 American novels American crime novels Novels by Richard Price (writer) American novels adapted into films Broadway Books books